Household sifter



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R. KAISER.

HOUSEHOLD SIFTER. No. 394,862. Patentd Dec. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

RUDOLPH KAISER, OF ANNAPOIIIS, MARYLAND.

HOUSEHOLD SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,862, dated December18, 1888. Application filed March 22, 1888 Serial No. 268,129. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH KAISER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Annapolis, in the county of Anne Arundel and State ofMaryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sifters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to impro'vements in ash-sitters; and it has for itsobject to provide a cheap, simple, and durable device which may beapplied to a barrel, whereby the sifted ashes are received in thebarrel.

\Vith this object in view the invention consists in a certain novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, fully set forth hereinafter, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a frontview of a sitter embodying my improvements, with the lid raised todisplay the rotary screen. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional "iew of thesame, taken centrally, with the lid closed. Fig. 3 is an end view of thesitter, with the lid raised and the dust-guards thrown back.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the box or case of thesitter, which is attached at its bottom to the cover B, which is adaptedto lit the upper end of the barrel. The edge of the cover is providedwith a depending fiange, C, which embraces the upper end of the barrel.

The top of the box or case consists of a fiat portion at the center andinclined portions in front and rear thereof, and the lid 1) on the saidtop is adapted to cover the top or [hit portion and the front inclinedportion, thereby being angular in shape.

The ends of the box or case are provided with inclined slots E, and thecylindrical screen F is provided with trunnions G G, which are mountedin these slots. One end of the screen is provided with a crank, H; and Irepresents a door which is arranged over an opening in the side of thescreen, through which opening the ashes which are to be sifted arepassed. One edge of this door is hinged to the edge of the opening by'the rings 2' i, and the other edge is secured to the screen (whenclosed) by the hooks K K engaging staples 7; is.

I. L represent dust-gmu'ds, which are pivoted to the ends of the box orcase below the lower ends of the slots, and they are provided withnotches M, which engage over the trunnions on the screen and lock thesame in the lower ends of the slots. function of these guards is,however, to prevent the dust and ashes which are agitated within the boxor case from escaping through the slots. The upper ends of thedust-guards are beveled to fit the angle of the angular lid, so thatwhen the said lid is closed the guards are locked in place and remain sountil the lid is raised.

The operation of the improved sitter will be readily understood from theforegoing descriptiou.

llaving thus described my invention, I claim 1. In asifter, thecombination of the box or case provided with a suitable cover or lid,

The most importantand having slots E in its ends, the screen providedwith trunnious mounted in these slots, and the pivoted or swingingdust-guards covering the said slots and adapted, when the cover or lidis closed, to be engi-tged thereby and locked in place, substantially asspecified.

2. I11 a sitter, the combination of the box or case having inclinedslots E E in its ends and provided with a suitable cover or lid, D, thescreen arranged in the box or case and provided with trumiions mountedin the said inclined slots, and the. dust-guards pivoted at the lowerends of the slots and provided near their lower ends with notches M,engaging the trunnions of the screen, the outer ends of the dustguardsbeing engaged by the cover or lid when the latter is closed,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aliixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPH KAISER. Witnesses:

S. THos. MCCULLOUGH, JAMES M. MUNROE.

